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(meteorobs) meteors from Hydra during the Leonids
While watching the Leonids on November 18 at about 7:15 UTC, I saw two faint
short meteors about a minute apart which moved toward Leo and seemed to indicate
a radiant in or very near the head of Hydra. Several minutes later, I saw
another one of similar type and origin moving westward. I remembered seeing a
Sigma Hydrid shower mentioned on the net, but I found out that it didn't peak
for nearly a month and had a ZHR of 3. Is there some irregularity in the Sigma
Hydrid stream, or some new shower that would have produced these? I didn't see
any more coming from that direction over the course of an hour, at which point I
abandoned observations due to extreme cold and knowledge that the Leonids had
peaked over Europe.
--
Jim Shaffer, Jr.; http://woodstock.uplinkdot net/~jshaffer
"Q: How do you conclude a formal business letter to a cable company?
A: 'I spit on your billing department.'"
-Dave Barry, 12/5/99
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